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The Mental Health of Motherhood

May 15, 2013

Last week I was able to attend the Listen To Your Mother show for Raleigh/Durham put on by my good friend Keanne. It was beautiful and hearing all the women’s stories was so special. They were funny, caring, sarcastic and REAL. Motherhood isn’t all newborn snuggles and bake sales. It’s gritty and puts you up [...]

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Mother’s Day For the Already Spoiled Mom

May 14, 2013

How was my Mother’s Day? It was perfection. I stayed in bed until 8am. This is the first year he has gotten into it. When the first box came from Think Geek, he and Kevin scurried upstairs to open it. He has held those secrets for weeks. Then they went to Target last week and [...]

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You’re Not A Terrible Parent

May 8, 2013

inspired by this post.

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The Reset Button

April 12, 2013

The past few months, I have felt like I have been on auto pilot. Not unhappy. Not stressed out. Just stuck in a rut…of all kinds. Everything just running as it should…just nothing really exciting. Get up, feed the kids, go to work, pump, feed the baby, pack up, go home, make dinner, do bedtime, [...]

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Giving The Girls a Break: A Weaning Story

March 27, 2013

This isn’t a post I was planning on writing for a bit.  That may come off as sad but it’s really just a statement. To warn you of the feelings, or lack thereof, and word vomit that are coming your way. So here goes: Ollie and I are coming to an end of a journey [...]

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Toddler Dinners: Pizzeria

March 25, 2013

Ever since my food documentary marathon, I have been trying to find ways to teach Landon about food. Books, going to the grocery store, letting him help stir things. All little things to make him appreciate the kitchen and food. He really seems to enjoy it. He really seems to like grocery shopping with me [...]

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Let’s not raise assholes, mmmkay?: Guest Post by Katherine

March 25, 2013

For our third installment of  “Brandy is laid up on pain killers” week, we have Katherine from Somewhere in the Middle. Katherine is one of my oldest blog readers. Back before there even was a “mannlymama” domain. She found me on blogger and we have been following each other since. We were even due 8 [...]

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I Need A Sister Wife: A Guest Post by Laura Case

March 22, 2013

Next up in rants-while-Brandy-recovers week, my awesome friend Laura wants to bitch about doing ALL the things when her husband travels…and her thoughts on what would solve this dilemma. I just hope she doesn’t move to Utah. For those that don’t know me, my husband Jon and I both work in software and we have [...]

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We’re having that for dinner?: A Guest Post by Alicia

March 21, 2013

Next up in the “Brandy is laid up on pain killers” week, we have Alicia from Life with Ladies. You know Alicia…the sneaky one that flew from Canada to meet me. Yup. Well she tackles a household of 3 beautiful little girls and a husband who just loves sending me photos of sloths like a [...]

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TECHnically Speaking: My Top 5 Apps

March 8, 2013

This week is TECHnically Speaking I figured I would go simple and just do my top 5 used apps on my phone. First thing we need to note is how I use my phone. I consume and manage media. I don’t play games. I don’t use it to help me cook. I use it to [...]

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